Garment-holder.



AGNES HAVILAND, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

GARMENT-HOLDER.

Application filed. October 2, 1907.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AGNES HAVILAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Orleans, parish of Orleans, and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Holders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to a garment holder, and particularly to a device for supporting one garment from another.

The invention has for an object to provide a novel and improved arrangement and construction of holder secured to a nether garment and adapted for connection with one or more outer garments, said holder comprising a plate having parallel slots and an intermediate loop extended at an angle to the slots.

Other and further objects and advantages of the invention Will be hereinafter set forth and the novel features thereof defined by the ap ended claims.

n the drawing :Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the application of the invention; Fig. 2 is a detall perspective view of the holder and attaching strip; Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical section through the holder showing the outer garment attached thereto; Fi 4 is a detail perspective view of the ho der plate.

Like numerals refer to like several fi ur'es of the drawing.

The ho der consists of the plate 1 provided with the parallel elongated slots 2 and the intermediate loop 3 extended at an angle to the slots and from one face of the plate. This loop may be soldered or otherwise rigidly secured to the plate. Through the slots of this plate the attaching strip 4 is passed which is preferably of elastic material, and is secured to the plate by one or more lines of stitching, as shown at 5, or any other preferred means. The free ends parts in the of the attaching strip are secured to the nether garment by any preferred means, for instance, stitches 6, as indicated in Fig. 2 by which it may be located in any desired position.

In the present illustration of the invention the attaching strip is disposed at the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 14, 1908.

Serial No. 395,616.

waist line of the nether garment, for instance, a corset 7 by stitching the opposite ends thereto at 6 and leaving the center of the strip free for the elastic or yielding movement. In this application both a waist 8 and a skirt 9 are attached to the nether garment connected with the holder, and the waist bands thereof are brought together over the holder and secured thereto by any desired fastening device, for instance, a pin, as shown at 10, thus providing a single device by which both a skirt and waist may be connected together and to a nether garment in the proper position, and by means of an ordinary safety pin or similar easily applied device the outer clothing may be attached to the corset.

The invention can be readily transferred from one corset or nether garment to another, and the body of the metal beneath the loop prevents injury to the wearer when ad justing the pin, while the elastic strip permits a movement of the garments with all the movements of the body without tearing the connecting devices thus securing safety,

economy and a self readjusting of the cloth- Ilaving described my invention and set forth its merits, what'I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1-- 1. A garment holder comprising a plate having parallel slots therein, an intermediate loop extended from one face of the plate and between said slots, and an elastic attaching strip extended through said slots and having free ends adapted for attachment to a garment.

2. A garment holder comprising a plate provided with parallel slots and an intermediate loop extended from one face of said plate transversely to said slots and between the same, and a strip extended through and attached at said slots and having free ends ada ted to be secured at the waist line of a net er garment.

In testimon whereof I afiix my signature 1n presence 0 two witnesses.

AGNES HAVILAND.

Witnesses W. O. BAKER, JOHN RALPH WILsoN. 

